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I dont know much about creative writing programs. But theyre not t

I dont know much about creative writing programs. But theyre not telling the truth if they dont teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer. – Doris Lessing

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September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasnt that terrible. – Doris Lessing

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If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air. – Doris Lessing

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Its lovely to have money to give away – thats the bonus of winning the Nobel. – Doris Lessing

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